American Painkillers

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    Documentary Apo W. Bazidi

    How Far is Home

    In the midst of Donald Trump's immigration ban, teenage refugee Ahmed and his sister Ruba find a home at a Cleveland school for immigrants. Will they be able to reach their dreams?

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    Comedy Jean Liu

    Learning English

    An enthusiastic new arrival to the US seizes an unorthodox opportunity to practice her language skills

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    Dark Comedy Stephen Jacobson

    Hardware

    A wannabe entrepreneur and amateur electronic drums enthusiast travels to a housewares trade show looking to strike up the perfect business partnership. When things don't go as planned, he finds himself at the mercy of the electronic drumbeat playing in his head.

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    Documentary Mike Plante

    The Polaroid Job

    You know when you go to the mall and get your picture taken with Santa? Filmmaker Mike Plante's family took those Polaroids. It was their job.

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    Documentary Titus Kaphar & Alex Mallis

    Shut Up and Paint

    Painter Titus Kaphar looks to film as a medium in the face of an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism.

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    Documentary Matthew K. Firpo

    SHELTER | Human Stories from Central America

    A quiet look at the lives on the line. First-hand stories from Central American migrants and asylum seekers searching for a better life in the north.

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    Documentary Wes Hurley & Nathan M. Miller

    Little Potato

    Masculinity, movies, and what happens when a Russian mother becomes a mail-order bride to an unpredictable American man.

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    Romance Berthold Wahjudi

    Summer Hit

    Laia from Spain and Emil from Iceland are students in Munich. After having sex a couple of times, Emil professes his love to Laia—but she panics and runs away. Now the two have to figure out whether they are more than just a summer fling in this sexually frank, but sweetly tender and funny short film.

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    Interview with Josh Tanner (The Landing)

    Australian short The Landing is one of those film's that's going to leave you with questions. Whether based around the impressive craft on show in the production of the piece or aimed at the cleverly deceptive storyline, Josh Tanner's film is one that demands exploring in greater detail.

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